Worship Act 1991: Another petition in the supreme court against the Dharmasthala Act, told against secularism


The petition has been filed by a retired army officer, Anil Kabotra. It challenges the constitutional validity of Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Dharmasthala (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

Another petition was filed in the supreme court on tuesday challenging the constitutional validity of the Dharmasthala (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The petition has challenged some of its provisions, saying that they violate the principle of secularism.

It challenges the constitutional validity of Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Dharmasthala (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. It has been said that these provisions are violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, and 29 of the Constitution and the principles of secularism and rule of law. Secularism is an integral part of the Preamble of the Constitution and the basic structure of the Constitution.


Advocates ashwini Upadhyay, Rudra Vikar, Swami Jitendranand Saraswati, Devkinandan Thakur, and a mathura resident and a religious guru have already filed petitions in the apex court against the said 1991 Act. It states that Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act have taken away the right to approach the Court. Thus the right of judicial action against it has been closed.


According to the petition, Section 3 of the Act prohibits the conversion of shrines. No person may convert a place of worship of any religious denomination or any class thereof into a place of worship of a different class of the same religious denomination or a different religious denomination or any class thereof. Similarly, Section 4 prohibits the filing of any suit or initiation of any other legal proceeding after august 15, 1947, for any change in the religious nature of any religious place.


It has also been said in the petition that the Place of religion Act 1991 deserves to be declared void and unconstitutional for several reasons. This law violates the right of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to pray, profess, practice, and propagate any religion under Article 25 of the Constitution. The law violates the rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to maintain and administer places of worship and pilgrimage.

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